Botswana 6 night Rhino Package

This Rhino Package is a brilliant package that combines some of the very best Botswana has to offer, this program contains great contrasts in areas and you have both wet and dry camps and activities in the Delta. This program can also easily be combined with a Chobe and the Victoria Falls on the Zambian side or alternatively with destinations like the Victoria Falls and Hwange in Zimbabwe

Price: USD 4,070 to USD 6,195 per person sharing and includes regional flights from Johannesburg to Maun return

Chobe & Victoria Falls on the Zambia side in Livingstone or Victoria Falls and Hwange in Zimbabwe

Tour Description:

Day 1 & 2On arrival in Johannesburg, look out for our representative. They will be holding a name-board with your surname on it. They will meet you and assist you at the airport and help you check in for your flight to Maun

Scheduled Flight - One way Economy, Johannesburg to Maun

Maun to Leroo La Tau charter flight - Seat in Plane (One way) - On arrival at Maun you are met and have a charter flight to Leroo La Tau
Luggage allowance is strictly 20kg per person in soft bags

Leroo La Tau - Standard Room, Fully Inclusive (2 nights stay)

Leroo La Tau lodge is built on the cliffs 15m above the Boteti riverbed. The Boteti River is the natural boundary of the Makgadikgadi National Park and is usually dry except for deep permanent waterholes. However in 2009 after very strong summer rains, the Boteti River started flowing 17 years after it last flowed in 1992 - a miraculous lifeblood for the wildlife in the area.
Leroo La Tau is built on cliffs over 15m high above this arid riverbed, and in the dry season wildlife concentrates around the water hole in front of the lodge. The main reception and lounge area of Leroo La Tau is located on these cliffs, and the raised vantage point ensures unsurpassed views of these desert inhabitants as they congregate below to quench their terrible thirst. However, Leroo La Tau is not only about lion, zebra and wildebeest. Leroo La Tau also boasts Chobe bushbuck, leopard, brown and spotted hyena, impala, kudu, jackal, porcupine, genet and caracal. Most unique however, are the crocodiles and an amazing pod of hippo which have survived in extremely adverse conditions for over 12 years. The hugely contrasting seasons and terrain of the Makgadikgadi National Park a unique haven for large herds and predators alike.

Leroo La Tau accommodates 24 guests in luxurious ensuite chalets, on raised wooden decks. The main lounge and dining room offers you the opportunity to sit back and relax at the bar while listening to the wide variety of night sounds characteristic of the African bush. Alternatively you can relax around the pool during the warm desert days. Evenings can be spent at the campfire which also overlooks the waterhole. The lodge offers both day and night drives.

Makgadikgadi Pans - The Makgadikgadi Salt Pans are the legacy of a great lake, larger than Lake Victoria, which once covered most of Southern Botswana about two million years ago. Vast shallow white pans make up an extraordinary landscape - deceptively animated by mirages that shimmer and dance in the heat-blasted air. However when rains come in the summer the pans are transformed into shallow lakes and attract spectacular bird life including flamingos, pelicans and cranes - a majestic spectacle after especially good rains. No visit to Botswana can be said to be truly complete without experiencing the desert as well as the delta. This truly is a magical place away from all the cares of the world. At the safari camps you gain a unique appreciation of the Kalahari and an insight into the traditions and culture of the nomadic Bushmen.The summer rains attract the last surviving migration of Wildebeest and Zebra in Southern Africa to the surrounding sweet summer grasses. In the dry season they move to the east returning to the pans in the rainy season. In addition there is the rare brown hyenas as well as springbok, gemsbok, red hartebeest and their attendant predators.

Camp Okavango – Standard Tent, Fully Inclusive (2 nights Stay)Situated on remote Nxaragha Island in the heart of the permanent Okavango Delta, Camp Okavango assures a year-round water wilderness experience. Shameless luxury blends with the Africa of old in the elegant thatch and lethaka (reeded) main building, which houses a bar, lounge and dining room. The expansive open-air patio caters for alfresco meals and evenings around a blazing fire. Camp Okavango's silver service dinner served by candelabra is renowned among knowledgeable Africa travellers. Shaded hammocks, reading benches and a delightful sundeck with a new swimming pool provide relief during the hot midday hours, whilst an elevated observation platform affords stunning views of the tranquil floodplains. East African style tents are on raised teak platforms with en suite facilities and private sundeck. Each is attractively furnished with teak furniture, colouful woven rugs and crisp linen. Explore the Okavango by canoe and boat on wildlife and bird watching expeditions. Guide nature walks on the islands allow you to track some of the larger species that inhabit this watery paradise. The elusive Sitatunga antelope can be sited here as well birds such as the African Fish eagle, Pel's Fishing owl amongst others.

The Okavango Delta - The Okavango Delta is exceedingly beautiful. A jewel in the middle of the Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta is Africa's largest and most beautiful oasis - an isolated, lush green paradise with some of the richest wildlife in the world. The maze of waterways, lagoons, vast grassy plains and palm-fringed and wooded islands is home to crocodile, hippo, elephant, lion, leopard, hyena, giraffe, wild dog, rare antelope and around 400 bird species. But wildlife is just one of many elements that combine to make the Delta a treasure house. It is the brooding quietness of the waterways, the plaintiff cry of the African fish eagle, the Malachite kingfisher reflected in the translucent waters, the scent of the water lilies and the Okavango's glorious sunsets, which will stay with you forever. The Okavango Delta is ever changing. Its source lies in the highlands of Angola, an extremely wet region known as the Benguela plateau. From here the Cubango River flows south, away from the sea, gathering ever more water until it reaches Botswana, where it is known as the Okavango. Here it forms a vast, fan-shaped, astonishingly luxuriant wilderness of flood plain and forest, stream and lagoon, with the occasional large expanse of open water - the ideal breeding ground for an incredible diversity of wildlife. With the influx of the annual flood, the delta's water levels rise steadily from May onwards, reaching further and further into the Kalahari sands, with its peak level reached in August.

Day 5 & 6Charter flight Camp Okavango to Camp Moremi - Seat in Plane (One way) - You are collected from your lodge and taken by air or by boat your next lode. (Luggage allowance is strictly 20kg per person in soft bags.)

Camp Moremi – Standard tent, Fully Inclusive (2 nights stay)Camp Moremi is shaded by giant ebony trees and overlooks the Xakanaxa Lagoon, in the heart of what is reputedly Africa's most beautiful reserve - the Moremi Wildlife Reserve. The camp offers a diversity of habitat and animal life, which is unrivalled in Botswana. Here where the Okavango meets up with the vast Kalahari desert, ancient Mopane forests, open grassland and seasonal floodplains have formed. Trained resident naturalist guides will share their knowledge and deep love of the wilderness with you on game drives where sightings of wild dog, cheetah, leopard, lion, elephants and buffalo are possible. The famous elevated Moremi Tree Lodge is the stunning focal point of this camp and houses the luxurious main lounge, a wildlife reference library, dining room and cocktail bar, all cooled overhead by fans. Camp Moremi accommodates only 22 safari guests in beautifully furnished East African-style tents, each with private adjacent facilities connected to the tent by an enclosed "lethaka" (reeded) courtyard accessed through a rear exit to the tent.ie the bathrooms are not completely en suite but your privacy is ensured. Other lodge facilities include a sundeck, plunge pool, covered boma (reeded dining enclosure) and an elevated game-viewing platform at the water's edge, affording magnificent views over the lagoon - the perfect spot for sundowners after the day's game viewing and activities.

Moremi Game Reserve - The Moremi Wildlife Reserve is protected tribal land, which forms the eastern boundary of the Okavango Delta. It is often described as one of the most beautiful wildlife reserves in Africa. It combines mopane woodland and acacia forests, floodplains and lagoons and this great diversity of plant life attracts the abundance of animal life for which Moremi is so well known. The largest island in the delta, Chief's Island, is located within the Moremi. The Moremi is famous for its predators, both of the mammal and feathered variety. Please note that night drives and armed game walks are not permitted here (given it is a National Park) but the superb quality of the game-viewing more than makes up for this. Game activities will be mostly land-based in the Moremi.

Day 7

Camp Moremi to Maun charter flight , Seat in Plane (One way) - You are collected from your lodge and taken to the airstrip in time for your scheduled charter flight to Maun Airport. (Luggage allowance is strictly 20kg per person in soft bags.)

Scheduled Flight - One way Economy, Maun to Johannebsurg

A detailed proposal with area information and more images is available on request.